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with Tim KawakamiFri, 09 Dec 2016 10:46:00 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.3By: Rodrigues_Islanderhttp://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/2013/11/07/so-i-guess-mark-jackson-can-coach-a-little-bit-even-without-michael-malone-on-his-warriors-staff/comment-page-1/#comment-171310
Sat, 09 Nov 2013 18:47:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/?p=20426#comment-171310Pat Riley came out of the broadcasting booth to coach the Lakers, did he ever really coach? I’m not saying that Riley couldn’t coach, all I’m asking is why Jackson gets questioned on that count?
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Fri, 08 Nov 2013 04:14:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/?p=20426#comment-171306Speights is a knucklehead….but he’s our knucklehead.
I’m secretly rooting for this unconcious chucker
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Thu, 07 Nov 2013 23:29:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/?p=20426#comment-171305Even if all this were true – and I agree that much of it is – they are way better on defense than they are potentially worse on offense. Igoudala is a profound difference-maker in ways much more difficult to measure than Jack or Landry’s contributions.
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Thu, 07 Nov 2013 23:09:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/?p=20426#comment-171304OK, Speights shoots too much but is a good big physical mobile player for the defense. Landry was better for offense but this team doesn’t lack in scoring, so I feel it’s an upgrade or at least a wash.

Tony Douglas? Am I missing something? Does he do anything well? Huge dropoff from Jack who was fearless in the crucial moments and a very fine leader! He had his limitations but I was always comfortable with the ball in his hands at the end of big games so Steph could find his shot, which was an essential component to last year’s playoff success. I know the conventional thinking has Andre Iguodala playing the point forward for us this year to help fill this gap. But there is no way he can handle ball security as well as Jack when the defense tightens. I was hoping for more from Douglas, but thus far, I don’t see him doing anything well at all.

Exciting to have a good Warriors team again!

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Thu, 07 Nov 2013 22:48:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/?p=20426#comment-171302Nice stats Tim.
The Warriors have been incredible so far. Better than we all expected, even. The defense has to be the story so far. We know these guys can score the ball. (2nd best efficiency so far behind Clips). Klay’s consistency has been pretty amazing. But 2nd!!! in Def. efficiency? That is mind boggling.

If they can just stay as a middle of the pack rebounding team, it might be enough.

The free throw stat is somewhat troubling, though it makes sense considering the makeup of the team (more shooters vs. drivers/bangers). I also imagine the 4 blowouts where the bench is playing big minutes has an effect on that (early) stat as well.

And speaking of the bench, It seems like the Warriors need a 3rd center. We all know Bogut and O’neal will go down at some point this season. Do they expect Kuzmic to play meaningful minutes? He’s tall i guess. But I say, bring in Jason Collins! He is a veteran big man, knows how to play (fairly) stout defense, will know his role. The Warriors could use 10-15 minutes a game for 20+ games this season.
I think the Warriors, more than any other team outside of San Antonio, would be able to handle the media pressure as well. They have the first openly gay executive (Welts) already as the President of the team. I would hope Jackson doesn’t feel the Christian beliefs of himself and the team would be a negative thing for Collins. This team has so many other fascinating story lines, after 5 games or so, everyone would get over it and back to watching Steph and Klay swish 30 footers.

I agree 100% about Jackson. He has been fantastic. I was saying the same thing last year about Jackson: so much of coaching is what we as fans don’t see. The game plans, the defensive strategies, etc etc. People railing against Jackson last season were yelling about a single tree falling over in the middle of a pretty nice forest. And the forest this year is Old Growth Redwoods!
Whoo! Go warriors.

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Thu, 07 Nov 2013 22:15:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/?p=20426#comment-171301Thanks Timmy! Players league, not a coaches league. Kudos to Joe Lacob/front office in personally hiring the untested (coaching only) Mark Jackson – which made sense to me from the start. He’s well on his way! Jason Kidd might follow this season as another one…

RE: Improved W’s defense – Amazing how bringing in more defenders and more two-way players can actually improve defense… Lol! Again, kudos to the front office. Healthy Bogut – elite defender. Iguodala – elite defender and very good offensive player. Klay Thompson – very good two-way player with Barnes looking like one as well. Draymond, Bazemore, O’Neal, Douglas, Speights, Kuzmic – all can contribute on defense.

Time will tell – but the question (Kawakami’s asked this before) still remains: Can this team’s offensive core (Curry/Lee) be good enough defensively to win an NBA Championship?

I guess we have a couple of years to find out!

Go W’s and in Jerry West I Trust!

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Thu, 07 Nov 2013 22:10:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/?p=20426#comment-171300These big wins are very reassuring. Many think the test of a good team is the ability to win close games. But when the score is close, and the teams evenly matched, the role of luck is magnified. The real test of a team’s skill is the way it dominates inferior opposition — like we’ve done.
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Thu, 07 Nov 2013 20:59:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/?p=20426#comment-171299This was not worth an article. Jackson is not a newbie!
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Thu, 07 Nov 2013 20:08:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/?p=20426#comment-171298One of my favorite comments I read all day yesterday:

Mareese Speights Flowchart:
Have the ball? Shoot
Don’t have the ball? Wait til ball is passed to you.